Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
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Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
One of the most impressive NVIDIA RTX Remix mods currently in development is certainly the Need for Speed Underground RTX remaster by alessandro893, which received another showcase video recently. This NVIDIA RTX Remix mod features path-traced global/direct illumination, upscaled textures, and more than 1,000 lights added. Some textures were generated by Stable Diffusion. The modder said this is his first work, and he's working on it alone. It is an early Alpha version, though 80% of the lighting job is done. Some of the cars are matte, and only a few cars (Skyline, MX5) have headlights at this moment. To […]
NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction support has been added today to the RTX Remix open beta, allowing developers to increase the quality of ray tracing. The introduction of Ray Reconstruction support to the amazing modding tool by NVIDIA, which can be used to implement ray tracing in older games, follows its addition in Portal with RTX last month, which brought considerable visual quality improvements. From today, the same improvements can be easily implemented in all RTX Remix mods with little input from the developers, as the AI model powering Ray Reconstruction has been trained on a variety of scenarios and […]
A stunning Deus Ex RTX Remix mod is now available for download, introducing path tracing in the classic first-person game. The mod, which can be downloaded here, is actually the Echelon Renderer, which adds RTX Remix support and, thus, path tracing. This renderer uses the real lights from the map data and passes them on to RTX Remix, although spotlights still do not update properly due to a current RTX Remix limitation. The renderer also features stable geometry, greatly reducing flickering, and some compatibility hacks that address some of the issues modern hardware has running the game. Today may be […]
A Fallout: New Vegas RTX Remix mod is currently in the works, as confirmed by a new video shared online this week. The mod is currently in the works by Darko P, who showcased an early WIP version in the video below. While there are a lot of visual glitches in this early version, it undeniably improves the classic RPG's visuals considerably. Unfortunately, no release window was provided for this project, so it may be a while until we can enjoy the game with improved visuals. Almost 15 years since its release, Fallout: New Vegas is still considered one of […]
A new Unreal Tournament 99 RTX Remix path tracing mod is now available for download, masterfully overhauling the visuals of the classic first-person shooter. The mod, which was developed by James Horsley and can be downloaded by going here, is a custom render device for the Unreal Engine built off the D3D9Drv renderer and modified to support RTX Remix better. The end results are amazing, as the mod keeps all of the game's original assets, giving it a very peculiar look that looks extremely good. Unreal Tournament (UT99) fully path traced with RTX Remix + D3D9 RTX mod from mmdanggg2. […]
A few hours ago, NVIDIA updated the RTX Remix toolkit with several quality-of-life features that had been requested by the modding community: RTX Remix now verifies the existence of a top-level mod.usda layer in your project, alerting modders if it's missing. Project-specific layer selections are now retained upon project closure and reopened, facilitating a smoother workflow. Automatic detection and correction of incorrect layers as edit targets have been implemented, accompanied by a warning in the viewport. Enhanced functionality to duplicate, copy, and paste lights within the selection tree. Ability to copy and paste attributes across assets, including position, rotation, scale, […]
A new Tomb Raider Remastered comparison video was shared online today, highlighting how the official remaster is inferior to the game's RTX Remix mod in one specific regard. The comparison video, put together by Cycu1, highlights how RTX Remix path tracing is superior to the lighting system employed in the remake. While the official remaster is superior to the modded version in other regards, such as character models, lighting is extremely important for an atmospheric game like Tomb Raider, so path tracing makes quite a difference. On a related note, some additional information on the Tomb Raider Remastered collection launching […]
The RTX Remix mods currently available online are still in their infancy, but one of them is clearly above most others, featuring an amazing implementation of path tracing that breathes new life into dated visuals. The NFS Underground 2 RTX Remix mod, which can be downloaded by going here, is, without a doubt, among the best released to date, as it manages to update the game's visuals in some amazing ways. The performance hit is considerable, even on an RTX 4080 and with NVIDIA DLSS 3.5, as showcased in a video put together by MxBenchmarkPC, so it will be some […]
NVIDIA has updated the RTX Remix runtime to version 0.4.1, improving compatibility thanks to a series of changes made to the bridge component. The full changelog is available on GitHub: DXVK: -Fixed an issue where captures for many games were not showing correctly in Remix Toolkit. -Fixed an issue where a captured scene was showing flipped upside down in Remix Toolkit. -Fixed an issue in the Remix renderer that caused Remix Toolkit to crashes on unsupported hardware. Bridge: -Made a variety of changes that should further improve compatibility. -Added new sendCreateFunctionServerResponses configuration option, which is enabled by default and improves […]
The Grand Theft Auto San Andreas RTX Remix mod is so demanding that even a powerful GPU like the RTX 4080 cannot hit steady 60 FPS at 1440p resolution. A new comparison video shared by MxBenchmark PC highlights the visual differences between the original version of the game and the RTX Remix modded version and also shows how demanding modded path tracing is. In the very first comparison, for example, the game goes from running at around 300 FPS to barely over 60 FPS at 1440p resolution and with NVIDIA DLSS Quality. As this mod, much like every other current […]
The Max Payne RTX Remix mod introduces path tracing in the classic game developed by Remedy Entertainment, but at a very high cost, as even one of the most powerful GPUs on the market cannot run it at above 60 frames per second. A new comparison video put together by MxBenchmarkPC shows how the visual improvements brought by the mod completely annihilate performance, as the game goes from running with over 1000 FPS to barely above 60 FPS on an RTX 4080 GPU. While the mod is still in development, and definitely lacks proper optimization, it is still telling how […]
A Call of Duty: World at War RTX Remix path tracing demo is now available for download, allowing players to test out a small portion of the full game with a new lighting system that elevates the original game's visuals considerably. The RTX Remix demo, which can be downloaded by going here, allows players to try out the remastered version of the Zombies mode first mal, Night of the Undead. Given that it is just a demo, we should expect the final version of this mod to look considerably better if the project is eventually completed. This Call of Duty: […]
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One of the most impressive NVIDIA RTX Remix mods currently in development is certainly the Need for Speed Underground RTX remaster by alessandro893, which received another showcase video recently. This NVIDIA RTX Remix mod features path-traced global/direct illumination, upscaled textures, and more than 1,000 lights added. Some textures were generated by Stable Diffusion. The modder said this is his first work, and he's working on it alone. It is an early Alpha version, though 80% of the lighting job is done. Some of the cars are matte, and only a few cars (Skyline, MX5) have headlights at this moment. To […]
NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction support has been added today to the RTX Remix open beta, allowing developers to increase the quality of ray tracing. The introduction of Ray Reconstruction support to the amazing modding tool by NVIDIA, which can be used to implement ray tracing in older games, follows its addition in Portal with RTX last month, which brought considerable visual quality improvements. From today, the same improvements can be easily implemented in all RTX Remix mods with little input from the developers, as the AI model powering Ray Reconstruction has been trained on a variety of scenarios and […]
A stunning Deus Ex RTX Remix mod is now available for download, introducing path tracing in the classic first-person game. The mod, which can be downloaded here, is actually the Echelon Renderer, which adds RTX Remix support and, thus, path tracing. This renderer uses the real lights from the map data and passes them on to RTX Remix, although spotlights still do not update properly due to a current RTX Remix limitation. The renderer also features stable geometry, greatly reducing flickering, and some compatibility hacks that address some of the issues modern hardware has running the game. Today may be […]
A Fallout: New Vegas RTX Remix mod is currently in the works, as confirmed by a new video shared online this week. The mod is currently in the works by Darko P, who showcased an early WIP version in the video below. While there are a lot of visual glitches in this early version, it undeniably improves the classic RPG's visuals considerably. Unfortunately, no release window was provided for this project, so it may be a while until we can enjoy the game with improved visuals. Almost 15 years since its release, Fallout: New Vegas is still considered one of […]
A new Unreal Tournament 99 RTX Remix path tracing mod is now available for download, masterfully overhauling the visuals of the classic first-person shooter. The mod, which was developed by James Horsley and can be downloaded by going here, is a custom render device for the Unreal Engine built off the D3D9Drv renderer and modified to support RTX Remix better. The end results are amazing, as the mod keeps all of the game's original assets, giving it a very peculiar look that looks extremely good. Unreal Tournament (UT99) fully path traced with RTX Remix + D3D9 RTX mod from mmdanggg2. […]
A few hours ago, NVIDIA updated the RTX Remix toolkit with several quality-of-life features that had been requested by the modding community: RTX Remix now verifies the existence of a top-level mod.usda layer in your project, alerting modders if it's missing. Project-specific layer selections are now retained upon project closure and reopened, facilitating a smoother workflow. Automatic detection and correction of incorrect layers as edit targets have been implemented, accompanied by a warning in the viewport. Enhanced functionality to duplicate, copy, and paste lights within the selection tree. Ability to copy and paste attributes across assets, including position, rotation, scale, […]
A new Tomb Raider Remastered comparison video was shared online today, highlighting how the official remaster is inferior to the game's RTX Remix mod in one specific regard. The comparison video, put together by Cycu1, highlights how RTX Remix path tracing is superior to the lighting system employed in the remake. While the official remaster is superior to the modded version in other regards, such as character models, lighting is extremely important for an atmospheric game like Tomb Raider, so path tracing makes quite a difference. On a related note, some additional information on the Tomb Raider Remastered collection launching […]
The RTX Remix mods currently available online are still in their infancy, but one of them is clearly above most others, featuring an amazing implementation of path tracing that breathes new life into dated visuals. The NFS Underground 2 RTX Remix mod, which can be downloaded by going here, is, without a doubt, among the best released to date, as it manages to update the game's visuals in some amazing ways. The performance hit is considerable, even on an RTX 4080 and with NVIDIA DLSS 3.5, as showcased in a video put together by MxBenchmarkPC, so it will be some […]
NVIDIA has updated the RTX Remix runtime to version 0.4.1, improving compatibility thanks to a series of changes made to the bridge component. The full changelog is available on GitHub: DXVK: -Fixed an issue where captures for many games were not showing correctly in Remix Toolkit. -Fixed an issue where a captured scene was showing flipped upside down in Remix Toolkit. -Fixed an issue in the Remix renderer that caused Remix Toolkit to crashes on unsupported hardware. Bridge: -Made a variety of changes that should further improve compatibility. -Added new sendCreateFunctionServerResponses configuration option, which is enabled by default and improves […]
The Grand Theft Auto San Andreas RTX Remix mod is so demanding that even a powerful GPU like the RTX 4080 cannot hit steady 60 FPS at 1440p resolution. A new comparison video shared by MxBenchmark PC highlights the visual differences between the original version of the game and the RTX Remix modded version and also shows how demanding modded path tracing is. In the very first comparison, for example, the game goes from running at around 300 FPS to barely over 60 FPS at 1440p resolution and with NVIDIA DLSS Quality. As this mod, much like every other current […]
The Max Payne RTX Remix mod introduces path tracing in the classic game developed by Remedy Entertainment, but at a very high cost, as even one of the most powerful GPUs on the market cannot run it at above 60 frames per second. A new comparison video put together by MxBenchmarkPC shows how the visual improvements brought by the mod completely annihilate performance, as the game goes from running with over 1000 FPS to barely above 60 FPS on an RTX 4080 GPU. While the mod is still in development, and definitely lacks proper optimization, it is still telling how […]
A Call of Duty: World at War RTX Remix path tracing demo is now available for download, allowing players to test out a small portion of the full game with a new lighting system that elevates the original game's visuals considerably. The RTX Remix demo, which can be downloaded by going here, allows players to try out the remastered version of the Zombies mode first mal, Night of the Undead. Given that it is just a demo, we should expect the final version of this mod to look considerably better if the project is eventually completed. This Call of Duty: […]